SHE'S MINE!!! (Realizes that in 2014 her actress is 10 years older then him) Nevermind.....

Also, this download site Tv-Nihon is using is Bs

W 42.

Oh hey look for one arc comic relief cop was important, I can't wait for this to go nowhere and never be mentioned again. Fuck me this arc is terrible, I spent the whole episode looking at my watch, waiting for it to end. The twists were dumb, the drama flat, the action unexciting.

And even the 'important' stuff like Wakana in the library...I just don't really care. I still don't really know what the Gaia library is, or how it works, it's been a plot device through the entire show, nothing more. I hate it when Rider shows decide to make something important right before the last stop.

Honestly, one of the only things I don't like about W is pace. Okay maybe not...pace, I'm not sure that is the right word. I dunno, it's the way the show attempts to create a memorable cliffhanger at the end of nearly EVERY episode. This is a brilliant device for those watching it as it aired, I bet, like Gaim, the discussion each week was insane for this show as it often leaves you with so much to stew on. But the problem is, when you can sit down and watch whole arcs in one sitting, the constant cliffhangers seriously funks up the flow of the storytelling something special.

About the only thing I enjoyed episodewise was how they've implemented Trial into the show. This new form isn't used exclusively for fighting and I really love that. Honestly all in all Accel was a really wonderful Rider, I'm kinda saddened that he never really became a part of the shows core and has always just sorta existed on the fringe. Ryu could have easily carried his own Rider show.

He does get his own movie, though.

Also, two eps away from the A to Z movie. :D

BTW, the Gaia Library is literally Earth's library, where all Gaia Memories are spawned from. (well, Museum manufactures the physical memories, but the actual power comes from that green matrix well) I could explain it, but I really shouldn't. Needless to say, the Gaia Library does hinge on an important plot development, so there's a reason it's not been totally explained.

A good reason.

Oh wow he does? Where does that come into the show? The A to Z movie is downloading slooooooow. At this rate I'll have to stop watching W for a while to get this torrent to catch up.

Seems a little late to leave exploring the Gaia Library.

See that is why I watch Kamen Rider on Youtube, don't have to deal with download times.

It's the first of two post-show movies: W Returns: Accel (the second is W Returns: Eternal).

Faiz at around episode 33 on youtbe and dailymotion, goes back to the original TV subs from TV-N. The video quality is shit along with the subs being too literal and since torrent is too fucking complicated for me, Downloading is my best option to finish Faiz in a good format.

I may have to do that with this movie.

Thank you.

Hmm looks like everyone checking out Faiz , while I'm just get started on W (still watching Hibiki too).

Anyway, I watched W 1-3. First episode had a pretty cool opening and I was sort of confused by it, but they got to slowly explaining everything that was going on pretty quick. So Shotaro's whole thing is that he's not as 'hard-boiled' a detective as he thinks he is? That should be fun.

Philip seems interesting but other than a couple meaningless guesses as to his background, I've got nothing much to say about him yet.

I really like the double suit. It looks like it's kinda got a mix of Showa and Heisei styles with how simple it is until you get to it's gimmicks. Speaking of the gimmicks, I really wanna know how they come up with these things. Both in show and out. Though, I guess for the former, I'll get some info.

Don't quite have a favorite form yet, but the original is pretty neat itself. Black and Green is a main character color you don't see often....or at all, really.

I'll admit, I wasn't too keen on going back to watching a show with the old neo-heisei two parter style, but it definitely works here due to the whole detective show format. I mean I love, Den-O, but it got tedious in Den-O. If later episodes keep the same kinda, flow I would definitely not have a problem.

Like I said, I like the detective show style. With the the old Boss's daughter being the new boss and Shotaro and Philip beign the two private investigators. The first two episodes even had the classic twist where the old childhood friend/femme fatal turns out out be a villain the whole time. The, uh...T-Rex dopant looked completely hilarious though.

Speaking of Dopants...I really wanna to know more how they work. The name makes sense since they 'dope' themselves using the Gaia Memories, but...the abilities is where it gets weird. Like Cyclone, Fire, and T-Rex, I can understand. Those are elemental and animal powers. Joker...I dunno exactly, but it looks cool. And from episode 3, there's a MONEY dopant?! Amazing as that is, how the hell do you get infused with Money based powers. ...Well, I mean I guess OOOs does, but...hmm.

Anyway, show looks pretty promising! Gonna watch 4 through whatever number I stop on soon.

Actually, wait. I forgot about the W portion of Movie War Core. That comes between the series and W Returns.

Faiz 06.

Like a lot of older Rider shows, it's really hard to comment on these kinds of episodes. The plot, and the characters, are finally lurching into life, and the show is now beginning some semblance of forward motion but there is SO MUCH going on, and every scene is so brief because of it, it's hard to really have opinions or stuff to discuss. I certainly do want a lot of explanations though. If nothing else, I wanna know what exactly the fuck happened in Smart Brain. What was the significance of the floor. And what the fuck is in that room?.

The action was dodgy this week though. I love it when the monsters of the week actively block the hero from transforming - it's only logical - but wow that suit actor wasn't even trying. I especially love the kicks into the space above the rider who was on the floor, it's like the suit actor genuinely couldn't see what he was doing. Although holy shit, was an Orphenoch introduced and not immediately killed off? I dunno what to feel.

So many movies after the series is done, makes me happy!

Just the three, sadly. I was really hoping at the time that W would replace Den-O as the show that got a new movie every year.

OOO. I didn't have time to watch OOO when it was airing, and then Fourze started.

I believe I'm on episode 23, enjoying it so far. After OOO, Wizard is next. I always seem to behind a year of the series ending before I actually start watching...

It's in HD, too!

Faiz Episode 4
Ahahaha! Keitaro poked the Orphenoch with a stick. Priceless.

Finally Mari is understanding Takumi. He's a jerk who could care less about staying around people and doesn't take orders. I mean it's clear he cares about her if he keeps showing up to save her, but still he's an asshole.

Does his stomach hurt? What the hell would that have to do with anything? Having a stomach ache doesn't make you act like a dick. Being a dick makes you act like a dick.

So our Orphenoch of the week is...a cactus? Huh, can't say I've ever seen a cactus as a monster in Kamen Rider. And Jesus, Faiz I'm trying to be nice here and not make hentai jokes but you're making it really hard not to!

Smart Brain can track the belt? That actually makes sense. I mean we saw the belt in the opening of episode 1 when the scientists were getting attacked. And wasn't that a Smart Brain building? Not to mention it's housed in a case with Smart Brain's logo on it. If it is, it makes sense that they would be able to track the belt. If not, then yeah I don't know. Maybe they use radio frequencies or something.

Ha, Mari taunting Takumi and his blowing habit. I'm liking this girl even more with every episode. OH! Sucka got BURNT!

God the music playing during the Yuka/Keitaro scenes is so great. The music in the show as a whole has been great but this track is just arghhh. It's so emotional and pulls at your heart strings. I love it utterly. Which reminds me, since I'm enjoying the music so much, perhaps I should try to find the CD of the Faiz soundtrack.

That's what you get for being a completely, utterly, unapologetic **nt. I'm sorry but Michiko, you deserve to die. And not just you. You're fuck faced shit bugged parents can die with you.

So Keitaro not only took the belt, but he took Mari's bike? You know for someone who wants to be good and be a hero, he sure did steal quite a bit for his cause.

Oh snap, the Orphenoch turned into Faiz! Guess that's the downside to not DNA locking these things, you run the risk of evil doers getting hold of it's power. Well now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

Another thing I don't quite get is the whole Orphenoch projecting their human form as a silhouette thing. I don't know, I guess I just find it a bit odd that they do so. Not odd as in WTF. Just odd that they do it.

Hell yeah! Time for Yuka to Carrie up this bitch!

That was pretty predictable in all honesty. You could tell he was just going to turn on his partner the minute he got the belt and turned into Faiz. Though can't say I blame him. Wouldn't you do that as well, especially when your partner is annoying you with his bossing around? Besides, it's kinda a trope for something like that to happen in any series that has an evil duo. So yeah, meh.

Oh yeah. Bad ass motorcycle robot time baby! He looks simply bad ass and appears to be as tough as a freaking tank. Who would have that that a motorcycle could turn into something like that? But...what's with the activation call? That's a little weird to be frank.

Good to see Yuka got her revenge. She fucking deserved to give those bitches their comeuppances and I'm glad she did. I hope she goes after that **nt filled family of hers next.

Seems like Takumi has had a change of heart. He gave out his name willingly, has accepted his duty to use the belt and protect and thus protect Mari. I also love how he's like "Oh and I want the bad ass transforming bike too." Then again who wouldn't want a belt like that? But overall it's nice to see him not acting as dickish now.

Oooooooooooooo. I see Yuji is looking to build up a little army of sorts.

Well the episode was, alright. It's as slow as episode 3 was, but also like episode 3 wasn't as boring as episode 1 was. The story didn't really move along that much, and the only development was for Takumi. But I won't complain over that. Especially since it seems like he is slowly beginning to shed his dick like attitude.

Once again the episode was focused on characters outside of the main two, but like the third episode it worked here. It moved along both Yuka and Keitaro's story, as well as Yuji's, but in a very small amount. It was great to see Yuka get revenge on those bitches for how she's been treated, and I can't wait to see her family feel her wrath as they deserve it more then the girls at school do. I know I sound eager to see these characters die, but I'm sorry, they need to. They are vermin and I want to see them pay for their crimes.

The fight scene was pretty meh. It wasn't all that exciting since Faiz didn't kick into action till like the very end of the episode. So that's a shame but eh. Actually it seems like (for now at least) Faiz is focusing more on the story within the episodes then the action. Which actually makes some sense. But I do admit, I wish there was more action.

Four episodes in and so far I'm still fairly entertained. Episode 4 was as I said at the beginning alright. It wasn't as good as episode 2, but not as bad as episode 1. It's simply a meh episode.

I'm glad you guys are actually enjoying Faiz, it's not as dark and gloomy as everyone makes it out to be and is a very enjoyable series with a great cast.

I won't say it's not dark or gloomy till I finish it, but so far only episode 3 has really struck me as gloomy and depressing. Nothing so far makes me think dark. Yeah we saw a whole gym full of kids get the axe but that wasn't really dark to me, just impactful, but not a whole lot.

I'm getting some of the entertainment out of the series. I've already decided to now watch till after episode 10. So if I'm still engaged at that point, I'll keep going on. But for now, it's entertaining me but not a whole lot. It seems like a series with quite a bit hit or miss episodes in it.

Yeah it is something like that, I enjoyed it a lot. I also watched it along side Kuuga so it might be good if you watch it with something else.

Funny enough I was watching Kuuga when I started Faiz yesterday. So go figure :lol

Lol that is funny.

I find it funny that in the new movie X Rider will fight Faiz and I finished those series one after another.

W 43. - Dat sexy pool playing. I can't tell which sister I have a bigger crush on. I was so ready to gush over this episode, until like the last thirty seconds, and it kinda ruined everything for me. Lemme explain.

This mysterious person who appears late in a series, and turns out to be behind everything, is a trope in tokusatsu seemingly as integral to the fabric as pretty Japanese men transforming into spandex clad suit actors but despite all this I've rarely seen it implemented well.

I'm not saying these characters have ever been so bad, but they leave the reveal so late they physically don't have the room left to truly convince us they were always there, and it normally ends up feeling like an asspull they chucked in there to give the climax a bit more meat.

As such this reveal with Shroud has come later than most of these reveals (six episodes, and one movie, left to go) and although she's played a role in key moments after Accel was introduced she hasn't really been much of a player in this show at all. Worse than this, I find W is not a show with much strength in staging their story arcs. I'm not saying the stories are bad, but the pay off is normally delivered in an ultimately unsatisfying manner, most of time.

Ultimately, what I am saying is, this has been a show I have enjoyed a lot but I really don't wanna add it to my long list of 'toku shows I ultimately like, but man did they drop the ball at the end', which I'm kinda fearing it might.

Agito 48-Honestly at this rate I could watch a show just with Shouichi, Ryou and Hikawa in their normal lives and have nothing to do with Kamen Rider. That's how much I enjoy their characters. Well still building up to the ending can't wait to see more.

Faiz 07. It's amazing they were still using the same locations all this time ago!

In many ways Faiz feels ahead of its time, if you watched Blade or Kuuga (the series after and before this respectively) the action is clunky, and profoundly cheap looking. And although Faiz still has aspects of that clunky realism stuff Heisei Rider seemed to love so much, as Faiz starts dabbling in his array of tech based attacks, weapons and powers there's this epicness, and visual quality, to it all that really makes this feel more like a Neo-Heisei Rider. Honestly, and this maybe more down to personal tastes as I love tech based stuff in tokusatsu, some of Faiz's powers are actually much more visually interesting. Also wow this weeks Orphenoch had such a cool design.

Sadly though, I'm much less impressed with this on a narrative level. Initially the opening provided an interesting dynamic, seeing Yuji run in to save the Orphenoch, shouting about 'nakamas' and all that made Faiz almost look like a bad guy. And as this is more classic Rider stuff, there is nothing to say he couldn't be.

But then as the episode progressed, I was just left with this uncomfortable lingering 'why'. Why is Yuji immediately obsessed with this guy? In a show where we don't really have a single, properly identifiable villain are we already doing the whole monster who is actually a nice person trope already? Especially from a guy who has already murdered several people, a thing the show itself hasn't forgotten, so I dunno what the game is.

The biggest blight though is that Dry Cleaning guy. Why must Rider always have a useless side character as a part of the main cast, who is goofy and only seems to exist to drain all the drama out of every scene? As this is older Rider, I hope he gets murdered soon, brutally. He is a fucking nuisance.

I think we're supposed to find Takumi antagonistic, and although yeah - he's a bit rude - all he is basically is saying 'remember last night when I was fighting FUCKING MONSTERS? Yeah, well that happened, I have a reason to be here, I contribute to the show, what do you do dry cleaning man? Waffle on about your dreams? Well that is nice. Know what is even nicer? If I edited you out of every scene, NOTHING else would need to be changed as you're entirely purposeless. So how about you stop waffling and CONTRIBUTE!'. So damn right I'm on Takumi's side.

Faiz is actually sandwiched between Ryuki and Blade. It was a good three years after Kuuga.

Blade's fighting is not clunky...

Oh my bad, so Blade came out WAY later than I realised. I don't understand why that show looks so shit then.

W 44. Last episode before slow downloads cast me out to the fate of trying to buffer the W movie on Youtube in HD. I predict a lot of swearing in my future.

I really don't like a lot of these twists. I was immensely disappointed that the show did the 'actually a Sonozaki' twist, not once, but TWICE. This show is like Kamen Rider Six Degrees of Separation. Sho's every man, strength of character, characterisation is feeling increasingly more like a token gesture as what was once a thought provoking, trope defying series, becomes increasingly more bogged down in generic, clichéd storytelling.

Similarly, I'm really not feeling Accel's developments. I really do like that Accel has raised up to become a warrior of forgiveness and understanding, but this is all too fast. First we get that stupid 'hey isn't this convenient you're immune to the big bad's attacks because PHYSIOLOGY!' but then we get all this shit this episode with Shroud.

This is what I mean, about this shows inability to allow pay off to satisfyingly...pay off. When an arc opens with a bad episode, it normally saves it with a great concluding one but whenever this show sets up a good story and gets you invested in it, it trips almost every damn time right at the yard line.

Ryu literally JUST learnt that the woman who helped him get his revenge, was the reason he was seeking it in the first place. I know it's indirectly, but what, does that make it okay? 'Hey you gave this weapon of mass destruction to this clearly damaged individual, who went on to slaughter my family, but it isn't YOUR fault you gave a clearly damaged individual the power to slaughter my family! Hey wait...' Before even the rage sets in, there would be shock and confusion but basically all of that is glossed over so they could have a dramatic scene of him saying he forgives her and just no. It has no impact.

The only real good part of the episode, was Shroud's backstory. Although the whole tragic backstory for a character I don't know business, sucks, that is probably the first time in the whole series we've seen our Big Bad do something genuinely evil.

Oh well, Shroud left as quickly as she came, and now it's movie time. The show still has a few episodes to save this awful final leg yet.

That's not really the point of Ryu forgiving Shroud, it's that he has grown past he revenge. He got his revenge once, and he doesn't need to again. He knows she didn't mean to, she was just trying to save her child. that doesn't leave her exempt from blame, but why would he focus hatred to what is, essentially, another victim in this whole game?

I get the point, but it came too immediately. Everything that he's built his life on, after his families death, has just changed. The one truth in his life, has also become a lie, and that will shatter his entire belief system. Not only that, but the lie that has projected his life, has quite literally sent him down this path. This is an epic, character changing twist..that lasted for about five minutes.

This should have felt like a HUGE moment but what should have been a whole character arc, hell it could have filled its own show, was something that was raised and concluded, in less than a single episode. It's unnatural, and unsatisfying. The twist is so condensed, it becomes purposeless, Accel has already found himself through his arc with Weather, only to come to same conclusion all over again, but in a much weaker fashion. Honestly Shroud is one late game character this show could have done without. For me any way, you seem to dig it.

I like him as a character, a lot, but it's been a constant frustration for me that he's never really become a part of the central fabric of the cast. You can say that's the point of him, and that's your opinion, but my opinion is having a character constantly walking in and out of the narrative makes for a very unsatisfying story flow. Especially for a character who is so important. We got no sense of any kind of growth because most of what happens with Accel happens off screen, the immediate is important sure, but the long term is very important as well.

Both Phillip and Sho, get quiet moments to sit and reflect on things which allow their arcs to gain depth. Very little of Accel's character is told outside of action, and what little of it is told, only the most crucial moments happen on screen and feel flat.

Faiz Episode 5
These are some nice gas stations Japan has. Attendants to fill the vehicle up for you, a nice cafe for you to wait in. Clearly they want to make your life easier with all of this. Very nice Japan, very nice.

XD Well, I guess Takumi is still kind of dickish, but he seems somewhat friendlier about it. I also find it funny that Keitaro has to make them ask him about his troubles. Not to mention it's hilarious how Takumi and Mari just leave him there to ramble on.

I smell a confrontation!

No we are not saying a monster ran amok in there. We know a monster ran amok in there. Bit of a difference there sparky.

Takumi turned into quite the eager beaver there. It seems he's only active when it's doing something that another person doesn't want him to do. You know I'm starting to think Takumi has ODD. And awww, Keitaro and Yuka almost met. Well they kinda met but not really...you know what I mean!

Okay, so that explains why most of the people attacked turn into sand. So the Orphenochs are in a war against humans? How come we haven't seen that though. I mean we've seen them fighting Faiz, but outside of that they just sorta attack people at random. Not quite sure how that is a war. I hope they get into more detail about this later.

Yes Keitaro. That is indeed quite the weird dream. But hey can't blame a guy for living out his dream, especially if it makes him happy. Ahaha, Keitaro is so chipper and eager. And lulz at Mari getting weirded out about having to live with him and him alone.

Damn Takumi is a brat. I mean he's changed a bit but still, he's acting like child. He'll demand help but when people offer to help him he doesn't want it. I think my case of him being ODD just got stronger with this whole money borrowing scene. Dude just wants to do things his way or the highway.

:lol Oh my God! They have to teach him to be friendlier! That is just too much XD

Wow uh this boss guy doesn't seem to give a fuck about if he's caught or not. He just wants to build an army and rule the world. It is good though to see Yuji have some morals with him not wanting to attack people they don't know and don't think deserve it. It's pretty good to know that he has his limits even with him being a villain.

Since I can't remember his name, I'm going to call him Chess Piece. Chess Piece seems to be pretty darn quick. He's just flash stepping straight to Takumi and Mari like it was nothing.

Huh? Wait so you act like a dickish brat because you're afraid of betraying others. And the reason you fear that is because you have no confidence in yourself? Wah wha wait WHAT!? That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard a main rider say! That is a bullshit excuse to act like an asshole and not want to help others unless forced into doing so. Takumi I'm sure you're a nice guy but come on! You just sold yourself as being a pussy because you don't have self confidence and use that as a fear that you'll betray people and thus use it as an excuse to not help anyone. You sir I do deem for now the most stupid and pussy like Kamen Rider I have seen! May you redeem yourself by the end of the series!

That aside, the fight against Chess Piece was pretty darn nice. It felt like a brawl more then the other fights did, and I kinda like that. I really love how right when he started the rider kick, the camera flew right up to Chess Piece as if it was a POV shot. That was very nicely done.

You know I thought he fully survived but nope! He was strong enough to make it to Yuji and Yuka to show them his death. I guess he wanted to cement into their minds what happens if they don't fight back and do indeed get defeated. Though why he would sacrifice himself to do so I don't quite understand. I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and say that Yuji will become the new big baddy, with Yuka as his second in command.

This was actually a pretty good episode. There wasn't a really a story to the episode in my opinion, just a bunch of occurrences. However the episode did shine in character development. It developed Takumi quite a bit, it finally giving us a reason to why he acts the way he does. I feel his reason for doing so is complete and utter bull shit, but at least they gave him one and helped develop the character. Yuji got some development as well, with him coming to the mindset of him not wanting to kill another person he doesn't know and doesn't think deserves to die. Keitaro got a bit of development to, but not a whole lot. The developments were strictly for Takumi and Yuji.

So episode 5 has come and gone and I have to say it's probably the best episode since episode 2 in my opinion, with episode 3 right behind it. It had some nice action, nice camera work, some nice drama, and some very nice character development. The only thing it was really missing was a story, but sometimes you can't get the total package with an episode.

Episode 5 was a good episode and I'll carry on watching it, with me now giving it till episode 10 to fully lock me into the series.

Takumi doesn't fit in really well with the others for most of the series; he always keeps himself a little emotionally separate from them (sometime by choice, sometimes not). He's kind of a lone wolf by nature.

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LOL bad spelling

:lol that was on purpose.

W A to Z.

Storywise, I found A to Z kinda terrible, but it was a lot more to do with personal taste, than it being truly a terrible story. I don't need things spelt out for me, but I do like things to make sense. And I honestly I just couldn't stand this story of super zombies, ill defined powers and all of the surreal dream logic that bound the film in an impossible to define set of rules. Cool things can exist, without having to make up utter nonsense to contrive it into life. And that isn't even mentioning all the possibilities this narrative introduces, and then never capitalises on.

But in the visuals? Now that is where this film shines. It may have continued the tradition of terrible looking Dopants through Trigger and Luna - Jesus Fucking Christ - but the two new Riders, one Rider surprise and one upgrade, this movie gave us were all treats.

Eternal, for example, was a bit of a mess but somehow it all kinda works as a whole unit. It's like they took Daguva, and then made it battle practical, and it was just kinda glorious. I love all the little touches too, like the combat gun knife, and the fact his Maximum Drive is like an EMP. If it wasn't for the stupid plot of the film, this memory would have been much better named 'War' or 'Tyrant' or 'King' or something. It is neither a character I particularly like, or a character that really makes any sense, but he sure got a great suit.

The other great new Rider was Joker. The idea of splitting W in half seems a really bad one. But Joker singularly allowed Sho to really show off how badass he is, in a series where every villain always looks down on him, before he kicks their asses. I both loved how much it, seemingly deliberately, looked like Kamen Rider Skull and that his two Maximum Drives were the two classic Rider powers, the Rider Kick and the Rider Punch.

Then there was Fuuto Xtreme. Xtreme is an Upgrade I've appreciated less and less as the show progressed. I mean it's awesome, but when you see how perfect Trial is, how fitting it is, how Accel could never upgrade into anything else it makes Xtreme seeming kinda illfitting in comparison for W. So for Fuuto's winds to turn Xtreme into an Avenging Angel, this is more like it!

Plus that surprise visit from Os! Totally didn't see that coming, it was a great little introduction to the character and made me really miss that show. Eiji-san~!

And I just love the movie budgets for the action. From the way W flies all over the place like gravity doesn't apply to him, or the way Accel stands tall and takes it like a man, the action was just incredible in this film and full of incredible moments. The scale of the action is bigger, the collateral is greater and our Riders reveal all kinds of crazy moves they could never do before. Epic.

And although designs like T2 Trigger and T2 Luna make you want to add bleach to your eyes, pretty much all of the villains in this movie are awesome. Minus Weather, W hasn't really had a truly 'oh shit, shit got real ' villain, so it was nice that everyone of the super zombies were a tangible threat in their own right. I enjoyed every fight they had.

And of course, the final battle takes the cake. Loved seeing W cycle through his memories in quick succession and I loved how Fuuto tower was backdrop for the battle. It really was an epic way to close the movie.

Plus, when all the old Memories got disabled, I was waiting for Accel to get shafted like he does in the series. But Ryu was like 'fuck that' and started swinging his Gunblade around. It was fucking AWESOME. I love that guy so much, easily one of the best Rider's in the whole franchise.

Joker is second only to Skull as my favourite Rider design. There's so much intentional and unintentional symbolism and reference. Shotaro's actor LOVES Kamen Rider black, and Joker actually resembled him quite a bit. Also, it reminds of Skull, as it should.

Trigger... the Trigger dopant doesn't make sense to me. Of all the ideas, and how well Cyclone, Heat, and Metal turned out, Trigger feels like the early days in a bad way. The head is huge, the body is over-done and aside form the gun arm and crosshairs on the face, exactly what the hell does it have to do with guns? You'd think, looking at the above mentioned, he'd look like a special forces guy. Clad in blue, guns everywhere, tactical. Like the guy who becomes him.

Luna isn't as good, but I still liked it. It was really weird, creative, and simplistic alongside the more detailed ones. Plus, how do you visualise "illusions?"

ANYWHO I actually came here to talk about a W movie myself. I finally watched Kamen Rider Accel Returns.

It was GOOD. Damn good. Really showed the strength of Ryu. Without going nuts into detail, my only problem was that it didn't flatter Akiko. It made her... uncharacteristically harsh. I get she's emotional due to circumstance, but they didn't play it that way enough. But you know what? Any other leading would've just sad-faced and stood by asking why. Akiko didn't sit by, she went out and looked for answers. For as annoying as she can be, she is not an idle prop. (I'm looking at you Hina, or should I say Miss "I'm super strong for no reason but never, ever accomplish anything or help or do stuff so why the fuck do I even have this irrelevant ability?") But back to Ryu, dude is driven. He spends a lot of the movie forcefully untransformed, and that kinda sucks, but it's filled with so much good character bits I rarely felt like I missed it. Plus, when he did Transform again, it was satisfying. And Booster was cool. Not better than Trial, but felt kind of like a differnet path. Trial upgraded speed, while Booster upgrades power. Neither renders the other irrelevant. And base Accel got a lot of use, so all in all pretty swell.

So yeah, positive. Accel rocks.


However, I am still pissed that Eternal. AKA "backroom prop raid and hasty paintjob", got a full, awful movie and not Skull. Arrrrggghhhh...

Shame the SIC Joker is so expensive.

Luna looked like a peeled banana in a crash helmet. I would have preferred a smaller, leaner more humanoid dopant that focused more on the acrobatic way Luna moved than LONG LIMBS DUUUUUUUR. While Trigger was just a fucking mess. ESPECIALLY when you consider how awesome Cyclone was, despite being the least used out of the whole gang.

I actually resorted making my own. With all the SIC sets and their insane ability to form-swap, and just a bit of paint, I was able to make my own SIC Joker without spending $60 extra. I actually just switched LunaMetal and HeatTrigger back to LunaTrigger and HeatMetal yesterday.

But yeah, Trigger dopant should've been the coolest. Instead he was the most ugly and forgettable dopant next to... actually, just that. Arms was a better "Trigger" than Trigger, despite having swords.

I finished Ryuki and wow. That ending could of been done better. Overall the series was nice to watch and now it's time to move on to the next one.

So any recommendations? I've watched W,Decade, and now Ryuki so what should I watch next.

Good for you.

I recommend Kamen Rider Faiz since it has a similar tone to Ryuki but has a lot better side characters. Also, since like 5 people on this forum are now watching it LOL.